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Improved Binary Black Hole Search Discriminator from the Singular Value Decomposition of Non-Gaussian Noise Transients
Tathagata Ghosh, Sukanta Bose, Sanjeev Dhurandhar, Sunil Choudhary
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04628

Improved Binary Black Hole Search Discriminator from the Singular Value Decomposition of Non-Gaussian Noise Transients
The sensitivity of current gravitational wave (GW) detectors to transient GW signals is severely affected by a variety of non-Gaussian and non-stationary noise transients, such as the blip and tomte "glitches". These glitches share some time-frequency resemblance with GW signals from massive binary black holes. In earlier works [Joshi et al., Phys. Rev. D 103, 044035 (2021); Choudhary et al., Phys. Rev. D 110, 044051 (2024)], the authors presented a method for constructing a $χ^2$-distributed …

Of Holidays and Puppy Love https://muz4now.com/2021/of-holidays-and-puppy-love/

Of Holidays and Puppy Love
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

CONCERTO: forward modeling of interferograms for calibration
A. Lundgren, A. Beelen, G. Lagache, F. -X. Desert, A. Fasano, J. Macias-Perez, A. Monfardini, P. Ade, M. Aravena, E. Barria, A. Benoit, M. Bethermin, J. Bounmy, O. Bourrion, G. Bres, C. De Breuck, M. Calvo, A. Catalano, C. Dubois, C. A Duran, T. Fenouillet, J. Garcia, G. Garde, J. Goupy, C. Hoarau, W. Hu, J. -C. Lambert, F. Levy-Bertrand, J. Marpaud, R. Parra, G. Pisano, N. Ponthieu, L. Prieur, D. Quinatoa, S. Roni, S. Roudie…

CONCERTO: forward modeling of interferograms for calibration
The CarbON [CII] line in post-rEionisation and ReionisaTiOn epoch (CONCERTO) instrument is a low-resolution mapping Fourier-transform spectrometer, based on lumped-element kinetic inductance detector (LEKID) technology, operating at 130- 310 GHz. It was installed on the 12-meter APEX telescope in Chile in April 2021 and operated until December 2022. CONCERTO's main science goal is to constrain the [CII] line fluctuations at high redshift. To reach that goal CONCERTO observed 1.4 deg2 in the COS…

South Korea fines SK Telecom US$97M over data breach
https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/south-korea-fines-sk-telecom-us-97m-over-data-breach/

South Korea fines SK Telecom US$97M over data breach
South Korea’s regulator fined SK Telecom US$97M over a data breach affecting 23.2M users, citing weak safeguards dating back to 2021.

Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Packers: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6582707/2025/08/28/micah-parsons-trade-packers-cowboys-nfl-2025/

Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Packers: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6582707/2025/08/28/micah-parsons-trade-packers-cowboys-nfl-2025/

Diarycast - End of Year Roundup (2021-12-28) - Omicron, a rant about bad people, and more shy Eurasian footwear... #podcast #lockdown - https://www.…

Diarycast - End of Year Roundup (2021-12-28)
Omicron, a rant about bad people, and more shy Eurasian footwear... #podcast #lockdown

"May It Be Time"
- instrumental explorations -
#NowPlaying #MusicVideos
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May It Be Time #NowPlaying
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

A global wildfire paradox: Human impacts worsen even as total burned area declines #environment

A global wildfire paradox: Human impacts worsen even as total burned area declines
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have spotted a contradiction in worldwide wildfire trends: Despite a 26% decline in total burned area from 2002 to 2021, the number of people exposed to wildfires has surged by nearly 40%.

Strong Lens Discoveries in DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR10 with Two Deep Learning Architectures
Jose Carlos Inchausti, Christopher J. Storfer, Xiaosheng Huang, Yuan-Ming Hsu, Brandt Kaufmann, Chaitanya Pasupala, S. Banka, A. Dey, D. Lang, A. Meisner, J. Moustakas, A. D. Myers, E. F. Schlafly, D. J. Schlegel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.2008…

Strong Lens Discoveries in DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys DR10 with Two Deep Learning Architectures
We have conducted a search for strong gravitational lensing systems in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Legacy Imaging Surveys Data Release 10 (DR10). This paper is the fourth in a series of searches (following Huang et al. 2020; Huang et al. 2021; Storfer et al. 2024, Paper I, II, & III respectively). This is the first catalog of lens candidates covering nearly the entirety of the extragalactic sky south of declination $δ\approx +32$ deg, all of it observed by the DECam, coveri…

from my link log —
Weird architectures weren't supported to begin with.
https://blog.yossarian.net/2021/02/28/Weird-architectures-werent-supported-to-begin-with
saved 2025-04-12

Weird architectures weren't supported to begin with

Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Packers: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6582707/2025/08/28/micah-parsons-trade-packers-cowboys-nfl-2025/

Wegen Steuererklärung - Finanz droht toter Wienerin mit „Zwangsstrafe“ #News #Nachrichten

Finally stepped through and upgraded my home assistant from 2021.12 to 2025.7
Some things broke of course.... But most were already broken.
All of my tasmota devices that I upgraded to 9.5 a while back don't work in the native Tasmota integration mode.. they register and but show no data, works fine in mqtt discovery mode. Aka stuck using Setoption19 1 rather than Setoption19 0
#selfhosted

The role of preprints in open science: Accelerating knowledge transfer from science to technology
Zhiqi Wang, Yue Chen, Chun Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20225

The role of preprints in open science: Accelerating knowledge transfer from science to technology
Preprints have become increasingly essential in the landscape of open science, facilitating not only the exchange of knowledge within the scientific community but also bridging the gap between science and technology. However, the impact of preprints on technological innovation, given their unreviewed nature, remains unclear. This study fills this gap by conducting a comprehensive scientometric analysis of patent citations to bioRxiv preprints submitted between 2013 and 2021, measuring and acces…

#Gletscher in der #Schweiz, den #USA und #Kanada haben zwischen 2021 und 2024 rund 12 % ihrer

Gone with the glaciers: Researchers track unprecedented ice loss
A study published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland lost around 12% of their ice between 2001 and 2024.

The Perturbation Theory Approach to Stability in the Scattered Disk
Matthew Belyakov, Konstantin Batygin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10119 https://arxiv.org…

The Perturbation Theory Approach to Stability in the Scattered Disk
Scattered disk objects (SDOs) are distant minor bodies that orbit the sun on highly eccentric orbits, frequently with perhelia near Neptune's orbit. Gravitational perturbations due to Neptune frequently lead to chaotic dynamics, with the degree of chaotic diffusion set by an object's perihelion distance. Batygin et al. (2021) developed a perturbative approach for scattered disk dynamics, finding that, to leading order in semi-major axis ratio, an infinite series of $2:j$ resonances drives the d…

Stealing Accuracy: Predicting Day-ahead Electricity Prices with Temporal Hierarchy Forecasting (THieF)
Arkadiusz Lipiecki, Kaja Bilinska, Nicolaos Kourentzes, Rafal Weron
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11372

Stealing Accuracy: Predicting Day-ahead Electricity Prices with Temporal Hierarchy Forecasting (THieF)
We introduce the concept of temporal hierarchy forecasting (THieF) in predicting day-ahead electricity prices and show that reconciling forecasts for hourly products, 2- to 12-hour blocks, and baseload contracts significantly (up to 13%) improves accuracy at all levels. These results remain consistent throughout a challenging 4-year test period (2021-2024) in the German power market and across model architectures, including linear regression, a shallow neural network, gradient boosting, and a s…

Flashback zur Designierung von Gerhard Karner zum Innenminister im Dezember 2021, durch die das Dollfußmuseum im Texingtal in den Fokus & Kritik der Öffentlichkeit geriet.
Was seitdem geschah: Das Museum wurde 2022 geschlossen, Dollfuß' Nachfahren haben jedoch kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den Exponaten in der Region verhindert.
#FlashbackFriday #Karner #GerhardKarner #Dollfuß #EngelbertDollfuss #Texingtal #Österreich